Stay A Little Longer

Elan wasn’t supposed to meet Caty. She lived halfway around the world, and he barely left Manila. Yet here he was, giving her a ride to the airport. Convinced that they would never have to see each other again after that day, Elan and Caty started to bond over truths, dares, stolen kisses, and games in hotel rooms and bars. With brief encounters that turned them from acquaintances to friends — tipping to the point of lovers, always — will Elan and Caty keep settling for a day, or will someone finally dare to stay long enough to discover: Is this love?

Aman's dad is gone, leaving her feeling lost and alone. She struggles to talk about it, but it's a fact and he isn't coming back. When a lovely man called Gurnam moves onto her street and saves Aman from some local bullies, he and Aman quickly become friends, perhaps even like family. But Gurnam has his own sadness. One that's far bigger than Aman can understand, and it's tearing his life apart. A touching and evocative tale of unlikely friendships and finding happiness in the hardest of times. Particularly suitable for struggling, reluctant or dyslexic readers aged 13+.

Acclaimed author, Dorothy Garlick, returns with another heart-wrenching tale set during WWI as Charlotte takes up the mantle of her mother's trade, threatening to overwhelm her entire world. Rachel Watkins has her hands full. Her mother had been the town midwife, but after her daughter Alice died under her care, she refused to assist in a childbirth ever again. Since then Rachel has assumed the work. She also takes care of Alice's six-year old, Charlotte, because the child's father was lost in World War I. But Rachel's principal job is running the boardinghouse that is the family's main source of income. One day, Charlotte befriends a stranger ill with influenza, a man who has taken refuge in an old cabin in the woods nearby. Although badly scarred by wounds suffered in the War, he is strong and slowly recovers. When he gradually takes on odd jobs around the house, Rachel accepts his help. She is drawn to him despite his disfigurement, and his voice is comforting, vaguely familiar . . .

Fifth-grade teacher Hannah Dillon is content to Stay a Little Longer in the old-fashioned, country life of Allentown, Vermont. She lives on a dairy farm with her mother. Her grandmother, a mystery in the quiet, little town, lives down the road. Not even Hannah or her mother know from whence she came. Sara Farnum, Hannah's best friend, now teaching in Cambridge, Massachusetts, eventually convinces Hannah to apply for a position at her elementary school. Hannah is accepted but finds the Boston area disturbing for its lack of moral fiber and fast-changing educational concepts and values. Sara tries to help Hannah adjust and introduces her to Greg MacIntosh, a fellow student in her evening class at Harvard. Greg soon plays an important role in Hannah's life. When a collision with violence in Boston coincides with tragedy in Vermont, Hannah chooses to remain in Allentown, willing to accept there is no longer need for her kind of teacher. Also, she is determined to reject galloping technology and keep the twentieth century in her life a little longer. The mystery of Hannah's grandmother will be revealed, and you'll learn how Greg, a diary, and a phantom help Hannah overcome her disenchantment if you Stay a Little Longer in the charming life of bygone years awakened on the pages of this heartwarming novel by Nancy Desrosiers.

My days and nights are bleeding into each other. And unfortunately, my mistakes from the past are catching up. I had a life. A long time ago. A wife. A business. A future. But she decided she wanted someone else. Someone a little less rough natured. Anger has started to consume my heart and my mind, but it is what it is. There’s no way out. Until she shows up. And the little saucy thing won’t take no for an answer. She’s softening my edges and making me want things I’d long given up on. I have no right to fall in love with a woman so pure. And something is off at Kadia. I can feel it. Dangerous people have always been a part of my life, but maybe it’s time for a change. I don’t want to let this woman go, even though it’s the best thing to do. I’d much rather she stay a little longer.

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STAY A LITTLE LONGER is southern small-town romance at its best. Athena’s journey is one that will stick with you long after the last page is turned. Don’t miss your chance to fall in love with the colorful cast of characters of the Misfit Inn in Eden’s Ridge, Tennessee. ~USA Today Best-Selling Author Erin Wright Athena Reynolds is a goddess in the kitchen, and she’s got a Michelin star to back it up. Darling of the Chicago restaurant scene, she’s flying high—until a betrayal leads to her sudden fall from grace. Furious and reeling, she escapes home to small-town Tennessee to hide from the scandal and nurse her wounds among family. Logan Maxwell's life is a world away from the Windy City. His hands are full keeping his organic farm thriving and in the black, but that hasn't stopped him from reliving last summer's passionate wedding fling with the notoriously prickly, award-winning chef. But it's the glimpse of her vulnerability when she returns that has him craving more. Small towns are like small kitchens, everyone's constantly bumping into each other and sooner or later something's bound to boil over. Maybe that's why Logan finds it so hard to resist Athena. Well, that and the fact that he's never been able to walk away from a woman in distress. An unexpected confidant, Logan reminds Athena of her roots, and in turn, she begins to question everything she’s worked for. But can love win out over the temptation of redemption, when her old life comes calling?